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The
BBC and Ecuador's El Universo launch FM station
The
BBC Latin American Service and Ecuador's leading daily, El Universo,
are launching a joint FM station in Guayaquil called Radiocity
89.3 FM.
Broadcasting
from Tuesday 24 June, the station will rebroadcast via satellite
12 hours a day of the BBC Latin American Service programming.
Radiocity
89.3 FM is the result of a close collaboration between the BBC and
El Universo which started with a contents exchange agreement between
their online sites, bbcmundo.com
and eluniverso.com.
The
collaboration was further extended to radio as the BBC Latin American
Service provided the budding station with training in journalism
and programme making.
Under
this latest partnership, the BBC will be Radiocity's exclusive provider
of international news and current affairs programmes.
The
BBC will also bring a wide variety of music, science and entertainment.
James
Painter, Head of the Latin American Service, says that this radio
project marks a new and exciting challenge to make the station an
important provider of news and entertainment in Guayaquil:
"This
extended satellite rebroadcasting agreement with Radiocity 89.3
FM is of great importance to the BBC. This ambitious project will
ensure the audience of Guayaquil access to a broad range of news
and other programmes, instilled with the impartiality and authority
that characterise the BBC."
Carlos
Pérez Barriga, Director of El Universo, adds: "The partnership
between the BBC and El Universo has been possible due to our common
vocation and commitment to impartial, modern journalism.
"I
am sure that this experience will go beyond the communications arena
and will once again show the enormous benefits international cooperation
can bring to the communities in both countries."
Notes
to Editors
BBC
World Service broadcasts programmes around the world in 43 languages
and is available on radio and online at bbcworldservice.com.
It
has a global audience of 150 million listeners.
BBC
Latin American Service is rebroadcast by over 100 stations to 5.6
million people in Latin America.
Its
website - bbcmundo.com - is
updated 24 hours a day, seven days a week and provides a wide range
of information, including international news and current affairs,
world economy, science, technology, arts, entertainment, chat forums
and the opportunity to learn English.
The
BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites
All the
BBC's digital services are now available on Freeview,
the new free-to-view digital terrestrial television service, as well
as on satellite and cable.
Freeview
offers the BBC's eight television channels, interactive services
from BBCi, as well as 11 BBC radio networks.
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